The Program of the Astronomical Data Archives workshop 2019
The program of the workshop is divided into four parts:
- Infrastructure (Monday 5 August)
- Theme discussions (Tuesday 6 August)
- Industry (Wednesday 7 August)
- UnConference (Thursday 8 August)
The theme discussions can be edited and added to here.
The topics for the two UnConference sessions are decided by attendees, with voting on the first two days of the workshop. Here are a list of possible ideas:
- Git ins and outs
- User testing best practices
- Databases in the cloud
- Running teams
Remember though, if you suggest a topic, you'll be expected to at least lead the discussion! Please email Simon with ideas!
Workshop Program
| Tuesday 6 August | ||
| 08:30–10:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00-09:20 | EBF, an efficient and user friendly binary file format | Sanjib Sharma (U Sydney) |
| 09:20-09:40 | The 'Next Generation' Archive System (NGAS) 18 years after the first installation | Andreas Wicenec (UWA) |
| 09:40-10:20 | Hardware | Facilitated by Simon O'Toole |
| 10:20-10:50 | Morning Tea | |
| 10:50-11:40 | Different technologies for storage and querying | Facilitated by Lloyd Harischandra (AAO) |
| 11:40-12:30 | Beyond Data Storage | Facilitated by Tom Donaldson (MAST/STScI) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:20 | Interoperability | Facilitated by Nuria Lorente (AAO) |
| 14:20-15:00 | Tools | Facilitated by Nu Fernando |
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 15:30-17:30 | UX/UI BoF | Facilitated by Jenn Kotler (MAST/STScI) |
| Wednesday 7 August | ||
| 09:50-10:40 | Data Archiving and Analysis with Microsoft Azure | Brian Carter (Microsoft) |
| 10:40-11:10 | Morning Tea | |
| 11:10-12:00 | Amazon Web Services | Zoe Pelbart (AWS) |
| 12:00-12:50 | MongoDB and Astronomy | Stephen Steneker (MongoDB) |
| 12:50-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-16:30 | Social Cricket Afternoon | |
| 18:30-22:30 | Dinner: Sails on Lavender Bay | |
| Thursday 8 August | ||
| 09:00-09:30 | User Engagement: Creating Social Infrastructure for Digital Communities | Led by Jenn Kotler (MAST/STScI) |
| 09:30-10:20 | UX and Data Visualisation [EXTRA RESOURCES] | Andrea Lau (Small Multiples) |
| 10:20-10:50 | Morning Tea | |
| 10:50-12:00 | Software sustainability | Led by Tom Donaldson |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Experiences with noSQL databases/Experiences with Cloud systems | Led by Simon O'Toole |
| 14:00-15:00 | Outcomes, Actions and Wrap-Up | Led by Simon O'Toole |
| 15:00 | Meeting End | |